Vehicle-seat



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T. G. SHANKLAND. 'VEHIGL SEAT.

No. 534,285. Patented Feb; 19, 18.95.

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NITED STATE-s PATENT OFFICE.

THOMPSON C. SHANKLAND, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

VEHlCLE-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 534,285, dated February19, 1895.

Application filed August 23, 1894. Serial No. 521,511. (No model.)

To MZ whom may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMPSON C. SHANK LAND, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and. State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVehicle-seats; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of said invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to Which it most nearly appertains to make,use, and practice the same.

This invention relates to improvements in vehicle seats and moreparticularly to supplemental seats for the use of children, and itconsists in the novel construction and arrangement of the parts whichare hereinafter set forth. 4

The objects for which this invention is designed are to provide asupplemental seat for the use of children which While being simple andstrong in construction Will permit of adjustment to allow the chi-1d toassume a recumbent position; to permit the seat to be used by differentsizes of children, and to overcome the objection of interfering with theentrance and exit from either side by the adult occupants of thevehicle.

In the drawings: Fig'ure 1. is a side elevation` of the inventionillustrating its applica tion to a buggy, showing in dotted lines theback drawn out to permit areclining position on the part of theoccupant. Fig. 2. is the plan view of the same. Fig. 3. is a detail viewshowing the construction of the clip by means of which the end of theextension bar is secured. Fig. 4. is a detail view of the foot platesupon which the seat rests.

In the drawings the letter, A, designates the bottom of a seat. It isprovided with the side arms, A', and the hinged back, A This back ishinged as shown to permit of its being thrown back to accommodate thesleeping attitude. This is oftentimes very desirable as the child almostinvariably goes to sleep when riding and is very uncomfortable when inasitting posture. With this construction, should the child go to sleepthe driver may lean forward and by releasing the set-Screws, A permitthe back to fall and support the child in a recumbent position. Theback, A is pivotally secured to the rod, A

which is provided with the collar, A having the set screw, A The collar,A is adapted to slide up and down on the guide rod, A as the back isadjusted. By means of this construction I obtain a firmhold on the rod,A

with but little strain exerted on the set screw by reason of the strainon the collar, A being slightly out of line with the rod, A andproducing a pinch of the collar on the rod. Acci- 6o dent by reason ofthe connection between the back and side arms of the seat suddenly giving way is thus in a large measure avoided.

This seat is supported on the supporting rod, B, which is provided withthe plate, B',

to the bottom of the vehicle'to which it is de- 7o sired to apply thisinvention. It is provided with the raisedportions, C', C', in which areformed screw threaded perforations to receive the Screws, B B of thefoot, B By thus forming the raised parts, C', C', the threadedperforations can always be cleaned and obstructions cleared away fromunder. The foot, B is provided with similar raised portions which fitover, C', O', and the foot B and plate are secured together by thescrews,

B B which engage the threaded perforations in C', C'. The elongatedfoot, B maintains the seat from upsetting sidewise but does not keep theseat from moving backward and forward. This is accomplished by the useof the extension brace, D. The extension brace, D, is formed intwosections the one of which is capable of being telescoped into theother and maintained in the desired position by a set screw, D', in theordinary manner. go

The ends of this brace are forked and the one pivotally attached to thesupporting rod, D, and the other to the clip, E, which grasps the footbar of the vehicle. The seat is now rigidly prevented from backward andforward movement above spoken of. As a further ad vantage in thisconstruction it permits of the adapting of this seat to the variedstyles of vehicles either long or short, or flat or raised in front, andparticularly is it desirable in ron the latter variations for if it isbeing adapted to the flat bottom style all that is necessary is to dropthe end bearing the clip, E, and extending it until the clip may engagethe foot bar, when the parts are rigidly set by means of the set screw,D'.

The clip, E, consists of the jaws, E', and E These jaws are drawntogether or thrown apart by means of the winged nut, E which engages thethread on the screw, E The screw, E is integral with the jaw, E andpasses through a perforation provided for it in the jaw, E', where thenut, E is secured on it. By screwing up the nnt, E the jaws are drawntogether until they grasp firmly the foot bar of the.vehicle. The bodyof the jaw, E', is made heavy to permit of forming in it theperforation, E to receive the forked end of the brace, 1). By means ofthis joint between the brace and clip they are left perfectly free to beadapted `readi1y to any foot bar set at various angles.

\Vhile I have herein described the use of the foot, B and plate, C, I donot wish to be understood as limiting myself to that exact constructionas it is obvious that variations may be made therein without alter-ingthe' spirit of this invention.

Having thus described this invention, what I claim is V 1. In asupplemental vehicle seat such as described the combination with theseat, A, of the supporting rod, B, adapted to be secured to the bottomof the vehicle, and the brace, D, pivotally secured to the supportingrod and adapted to grasp the foot bar of the Vehicle substantially asdescribed.

2. In a supplemental vehicle seat such as described the combination withthe seat, A, of the supporting rod, B, adapted to be secured to thebottom of the vehicle, the extension brace, D, pivotally secured to thesup porting rod and adapted to be rigidly set when lengthened orshortened, and a clip attached to the end of the brace and adapted tograsp and hold the foot bar of the vehicle substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of August,1894.

TIIOMPSON `o. SIIANKLAND. l

WVitnesses:

E. F. MURDooK, CHAS. T. STANLEY.

